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Tanaka - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tanaka

[ 3 syll. ta-na-ka, tan-aka ] The girl name Tanaka is pronounced TaaNAAKah KEY. Tanaka has its origins in the Japanese language. The name Tanaka means 'dweller in or near a rice swamp'.

Tanaka is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Tanaka include Tameika (English), Tameka (English), Tamica (English), Tamika (English and Japanese), Tamiko (Japanese), Tamisha (English), Tanesha (English), Tanisha (English and Hausa), Taunisha (English), Tawnesha (English), Temeka (English), Temika (English), Tenesha (English), Tenisha (English), Timeka (English), Timika (English), Tinisha (English), Tomasa (Spanish), Tomeka (English), and Tomika (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Tanaka: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Tanaka